Adobe Illustrator CS4: Advanced
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Course Description:
Designed for those already familiar with Adobe Illustrator, this two-day Adobe authorised course is designed for those who need to get the most from the power and creativity of Adobe Illustrator CS4.
This course covers Illustrator's advanced features including creative text effects, advanced drawing and path editing, using Live Colour, layering and masking techniques, transparency and painterly effects and advanced use of symbols.
This practical, hands-on course explores the most efficient ways of producing professional artwork for both print and the web and has been designed to enable you to realise your creative and productive potential.
This course includes the following m…
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Course Description:
Designed for those already familiar with Adobe Illustrator, this two-day Adobe authorised course is designed for those who need to get the most from the power and creativity of Adobe Illustrator CS4.
This course covers Illustrator's advanced features including creative text effects, advanced drawing and path editing, using Live Colour, layering and masking techniques, transparency and painterly effects and advanced use of symbols.
This practical, hands-on course explores the most efficient ways of producing professional artwork for both print and the web and has been designed to enable you to realise your creative and productive potential.
This course includes the following modules:
Advanced drawing and path editing
- The Expressive Blub brush
- Creating template layers
- Drawing complex bezier shapes
- Setting anchor point and handle display preferences
- Using the Control panel to edit paths
- Adding and deleting anchor points
- Manipulating paths, points and direction handles
- Converting anchor points
- Simplifying paths
- Cleaning up errant paths
- Outlining strokes
- Controlling eraser tool options
- Tips for drawing better curves
- Advanced LiveTrace options
Advanced use of colour
- Editing colours using menu commands
- Extracting colours from artwork
- Replacing and merging swatches
- Using the Colour Guide panel
- Using Live Colour
- Using transparency in gradients
- Modifying colour in artwork
- Finding colours with Kuler
Filters and effects
- Filters vs effects
- Document Raster Effect settings
- Illustrator and Photoshop filters
- Using the Scribble effect
- Using the Transform effect to create complex transformations
Understanding appearances
- Using the Appearance panel
- Targeting object attributes
- Adding multiple attributes
- Manipulating the stacking order
- Applying Live Effects
- Editing Live Effects
- Expanding appearances
Saving time with styles
- Applying styles
- Creating and modifying styles
Creating patterns
- Creating symmetrical patterns
- Creating complex patterns
- Saving pattern swatches
Creating transparent art
- Displaying transparency
- Applying transparency to simple objects, groups and layers
- Applying transparency to individual object attributes
- Working with opacity masks
- Enhanced clipping masks in Illustrator CS4
- Flattening transparency artwork
- Guidelines for successful output
Using clipping masks
- Working with clipping masks
- Modifying clipping masks
Advanced use of symbols
- Creating symbols
- Managing symbols
- Creating symbol libraries
- Symbols and Flash
Compound shapes and paths
- Understanding Compound shapes and paths
- Controlling transparency
- Editing compound paths
Working in 3D
- Creating custom 3D shapes
- Creating 3D type
- Using lighting effects
- Wrapping artwork onto 3D art
Working with imported images
- Placing vs embedding images
- Displaying layer comps
- Using the Links panel
- Applying spots to greyscales
Trimming artwork
- Creating crop and trim marks
- Using the Crop Area tool
Creating high resolution PDFs
- Creating PDFs
- Global PDF export options
Preparing for print
- Cleaning up your files
- Advanced printing concerns
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